Plant City police make arrest in 1979 cold case murder

2 years ago

PLANT CITY, Fla. (WFLA.com) - The Plant City Police have made an arrest in a cold case homicide from 1979.

Police say DNA on the bedsheets of the murder victim have led to the arrest of 64-year-old Nathaniel Bigbee on Monday night in Columbus, Mississippi.

Bigbee is accused of raping and killing Charlotte Kelley almost 40 years ago. Plant City Police Chief Edward Duncan says the night of her murder, neighbors found Kelley's two children, ages 4 and 7-months, alone in the house.